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SOILMARKS PROBABLY OF A PLOUGHED-OUT LONG BARROW TO THE SOUTHWEST OF SPELLOW HILLS LONG BARROW, SEEN ON PAUL EVERSON APs OF 1980. PLOTTED BY THE RCHM APU MAPPING PROGRAMME - SEE 1:10,000 OVERLAY IN MAP TANK. {1}{3}
THE MONUMENT INCLUDES THE BURIED REMAINS OF A NEOLITHIC LONG BARROW LOCATED ABOVE THE SOURCE OF A TRIBUTARY OF THE RIVER LYMN, 650 M SOUTH OF LANGTON GRANGE COTTAGE. ALTHOUGH THE BARROW CANNOT BE SEEN ON THE GROUND, IT IS CLEARLY VISIBLE AS A CROPMARK FROM THE AIR AS AN ELONGATED OBLONG ENCLOSURE DEFINED BY AN INFILLED DITCH ALIGNED NORTH EAST TO SOUTH WEST, AND MEASURING 60 M BY 20 M. THE DITCH HAS STRAIGHT SIDES AND CURVER ENDS AND IS THOUGHT TO BE UNBROKEN BY A CAUSEWAY, REPRESENTING A SIMPLER FORM OF THIS MONUMENT CLASS. IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE ENCLOSURE WAS A FOCUS OF MORTUARY ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THE EXPOSURE OF HUMAN REMAINS, AND STRUCTURES AND DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ACTIVITIES WILL SURVIVE AS BURIED FEATURES. IT IS SITUATED C.275 M SOUTH WEST OF SPELLOW HILLS LONG BARROW WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF A SEPARATE SCHEDLING. ALTHOUGH THE LONG BARROW HAS BEEN DEGRADED BY PLOUGHING, RARE AND VALUABLE INFORMATION RELATING TO THE DATE AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE BARROW AND THE SEQUENCE OF MORTUARY PRACTICES AT THE SITE. THE PROXIMITY OF SPELLOW HILLS LONG BARROW IS INDICATIVE OF THE RITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LOCATION AND POSES WIDER QUESTIONS CONCERNING PATTERNS OF SETTLEMENT AND DEMOGRAPHY DURING THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD. FOR MORE DETAIL SEE THE SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 27896. {2}
THIS LONG BARROW IS SITUATED AT THE HEAD OF A VALLEY, ON THE SOUTH FACING SLOPE AT 85 M OD, WITH THE LONG AXIS TRAVERSING THE CONTOURS, ALIGNED NE-SW. TRAPEZOIDAL FORM WITH CONVEX TERMINALS; RECORDED BOTH AS CROPMARKS AND SOILMARKS. THE LINES OF FORMER RIDGE AND FURROW RUN NORTH-SOUTH ACROSS THE FIELD. PART OF ANOTHER, SMALLER ENCLOSURE, OF UNKNOWN DATE AND FUNCTION, BUT POSSIBLY RELATED TO THIS GROUP PROTRUDES FROM BENEATH THE FIELD TRACK 150M TO THE NORTH WEST. IT WAS FIELDWALKED, WITHOUT ANY RESULTS. {4}, LENGTH 60 M, WIDTH 20 M, HTM 80 M | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 4000BC - 2351BC | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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